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German zeppelins had been filled with hydrogen from the beginning, and, by 1937, after hundreds of commercial flights, boasted a perfect safety record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
No person is perfect, and no relationship “has it all.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"And that might mean going towards something more universal to get to more children, rather than something that's perfect, but only answers part of the problem."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“There’s no perfect way to measure it, but there are real signs, and most people ignore them until it’s too late,” Jay said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
For her, it was the perfect way to say “thank you” and “you’re welcome.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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As “Maddie’s Secret” continues, and the titular Maddie falls deeper into the grasp of her titular secret, Early perfects that push and pull.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The avatar perfects the theater, showing up with scripted answers.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
Ever wondered how an actor from Brisbane, Australia, perfects a Northern accent?
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
Just as a chef perfects a dish by experimenting with flavors and textures, the researchers used an iterative process, testing variations to find the ideal structure for the ionizable lipid.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024
As we have seen, the good is that which perfects a nature, that which is due to a nature as the realization of the end of the latter.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
Whether it is Borussia Dortmund's famous 'Yellow Wall' or the displays that fill the stands of Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena, Germany has long perfected the art of the tifo.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
X factor: It’s uniquely cool to be wielding weapons with so much history, whose use has been perfected over thousands of years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
After I lost my longtime gig, I decided to launch my own private computer course, based on strategies I’d perfected for decades.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
She had perfected the whine of a nine-year-old.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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By perfecting coal-to-chemical processing over many years, it has further protected the country against disruptions to oil supplies, said Helen Qiao, Greater China economist at Bank of America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
She impressed casting directors with a repertoire of characters and accents she’d been perfecting since she was 4 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Here in the United States, Mikel Arteta's dedication to perfecting Arsenal's routines is an approach England head coach Tuchel is looking to replicate.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
I’ll get to play Grace day and night, perfecting my skills.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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